1. Observations from the field: on constructive use of ICT&Media tools for Education - Preparation Talk - ir. Jaap baron van Till, prof emeritus “Network infrastructures and social networks” Tildro Research, The Netherlands Advisor for the AdoptATeacher project in Bandung Count of Corridoria T: @jvantill TheConnectivist.WordPress.com Economic and Social Council: Empowering youth through access to ICT: [information and communication technology], and media. 9.30 – 10:00 July 14, 2015; The Hague, Kingdom of The Netherlands CC 2015 vantill @ gmail. com

2. 2 I absolutely agree with the Ecosoc Chair discussion paper [1] for this urgent issue and with the UN “Youth and ICT” facts [2] and EduSummitOslo policy statements [3], BUT (just to stir you up for the discussion and hopefully inspire you) – What practical things can we do about it ? and what ARE the empowered kids doing and what do they want? Mismatch? Hope in 30 minutes to offer you some constructive guidelines for policy and int’l projects

3. 3 2 2 ICT & Media: 2 Billion ppl online * Education ? Ql of life ? Health ? JOBS? Wealth Creation ?

4. 4 and EQ %’s equal on planet Primary Education Quantity & Quality *** Uniform but with different speeds (pers.learning curve) Basic skills: reading, writing, calculation, coding, etc *** Empower the TEACHERS with tools: help children understanding txt Example: AdoptAteacher project Bandung : bring teachersAdoptAteacher project online and help them with KhanAcademy.orgKhanAcademy.org including technical education and math. *** Ministry of Education: funding to Nat. Res. And Educ (NREN) rollout to connect schools Examples: SURFnet, DFN, Janet can assist. Example: Wi-Fi with EduRoam worldwide. *** Maker movement tools and workshops: 3D printers, programming, design skills Craftsmen and –women can assist. It empowers kids !! *** Kits and tools to build and handle ICT and sensors : Arduino stuff and Raspberry PiArduinoRaspberry Pi Very low cost & high impact and constructive, and they include interconnection tools. *** Spread WakaWaka Power boxes: solar batteries that give light for reading at night and can loadup cellphones, smartphones and tablets.

5. Secondary schools : Problem 1: Education is more than provisoning known knowledge, most of which becomes obsolete and non functioning fast. Problem2: School children are different and want different knowl & skills to become obsessed & specialised about for the rest of their lives. Several wordwide surveys: A. Each child wants to be an unique individual, that stands out in the crowd. AND B. Each one wants to be valued and appreciated for their contribution by their community/tribe/family. In Finland children get more time and assistance to find that personal skill first and discuss it online with respected up-to-date skillmasters. Students must train to be really very very good at something so others can trust. *** “Networking” can help find it. Btweeners (trans-tribal recommenders) [4] are vital. Low transaction costs for outsourced jobs. High youth unemployment ?? *** Instead of advertising solutions online, find local problems to solve with multi- disciplinary teams, which include students. Each member contributes and learns from the others on&offline with different specialisms. The team can Learn FAST. Nothing will be finished and stable anymore. In the transition we are in things will be imperfect and unfinished, but inproving all the time. Yes, this can scale up into the Global Brain we are weaving. *** Key for secondary, tertiary and worklife is to learn P2P Cooperation and P2P Collaboration accross physical and cultural boundaries. ICT network users are starting to organize around this concept: New Power which drives value creation and jobs with the help of social media. It is a strong force and valuable, resulting from ICT Networking Effects 5

6. The most effective use of “ICT and Media” is to solve problems by way of informal trans-tribal “networking”, with the help of Btwieners: those trusted to interconnect between self centered strong linked groups [4]. In this way also complex, non-linear and dynamic problems can be handled online & offline. Innovation is often a mixture of very diverse knowledge. ICT offers the possibility of P2P application of a policy of Liebig Law: find the problem/ limiting factor, remove the bottleneck/ unblock the flow, etc. (Defined for improving crop yield in agriculture, ca. 1850 by Justus von Liebig) 6 ICT: website, for example Nabuur.ComNabuur.Com (started by Siegfried Woldhek, NL) (1) Local Demand / problem articulation In a village (2) People / volunteers with spare resources to share or experience how to solve. Often tacit knowledge ! (3)assistance

7. 7 Zie: https://theconnectivist.wordpress.com/2014/12/20/new-power-on-the-rise-user-side-synthecracy/https://theconnectivist.wordpress.com/2014/12/20/new-power-on-the-rise-user-side-synthecracy/

8. Value of ICT Networks and Networking? The four Network Effects. I. Sarnoff’s Law: Media, Broadcasting networks. Value ~ N (number of viewers/ Eyeballs) Additive. Value for advertisers. Supplyside. Exmpl: FIFA: football – commercials [CableCo’s] II. Metcalfe’s Law: Communication networks. Value ~ N ^2 ( number of participants that can communicate with eachother). Quadratic. Value for the networkoperator. [Telco’s] III Reed’s Law: Number of Tribes you can be member of or not. Value ~ 2 ^ N Exponential through Internet. Value for (adspiring) people to be one of the members. IV Van Till’s Law: Value for the participants for their unique contribution in network collaborative COOPERATION. Synergy by networked combinations, diversity. Value ~ N ! ( N factorial = N * N-1 * N-2 * N-3 * …..*1 ) New Power ! Multiplicative Value for the team empowered participants with unique skills. P2P Coop’s SHARING = VALUE MULTIPLICATION THROUGH NETWORKING Demandside Link : https://theconnectivist.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/np9-engines-for-the-new-power-the-four-network- effects/ https://theconnectivist.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/np9-engines-for-the-new-power-the-four-network- effects/ (Only valid in Dutch)

9. 9 DEPLOYMENTINSTALLATION We are here, ICT = General Purpose Technology Creative destruction Learning the new unlearning the old A great market experiment Led by financial capital Ending in a stock market crash INSTALLATION “Creative construction” Led by production capital Applying the paradigm to innovate across all sectors and to spread the social benefits more widely Until maturity and exhaustion DEPLOYMENT ??? 2O - 30 years Major technology bubble big-bang Nextbig-bang Time Degree of diffusion of the new technological potential The first half sets up the infrastructure and lets the markets pick the winners the second half reaps the full economic and social potential EACH TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION PROPAGATES IN TWO DIFFERENT PERIODS Turning Point Uncertainty, institutional recomposition and role shift Prof. Carlota Perez, LSE - the London School of Economics and Political Science Present 2008 Crisis/ Recession is a Transition. Education? Jobs? Tools Wealth creation??

10. 10 “Good Education assisted by good and respected Teachers and ICT will make a huge difference for them and for all of us” ~ Jaap van Till United Nations  United People !!!

11. 11 Links [1] Hilde Veeke and Leia Farnan; “Empowering Youth through Access to Information and Communication Technology and Media” ECOSOC Chair letter for discussion at the TEINUM 2015 Conference, The Hague. http://teimun.org/teimun-conference/councils/ecosoc/ http://teimun.org/teimun-conference/councils/ecosoc/ The full pdf is not yet online: [ Empowering-Youth-through-Access-to-Information.pdf ] [2] ITU and UN-Habitat; “Youth and ICT”, Factsheet http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-icts.pdfhttp://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-icts.pdf [3] Erna Solberg (PM of Norway) and Børge Brende (foreign minister of Norway); “Why education is the key to development”; http://wef.ch/1LVDIYS ; published July 7 2015 at the #EduSummitOslo (July 6-7).http://wef.ch/1LVDIYS [4] Van Till; Btwieners, sheets of workshop about P2P Networking and TransTribal Collaboration, at the Open Source Development Conference, Australia, nov 2014; https://theconnectivist.wordpress.com/2014/11/08/slides-of-my-social-networking-masterclass- workshop-at-osdc2014/ https://theconnectivist.wordpress.com/2014/11/08/slides-of-my-social-networking-masterclass- workshop-at-osdc2014/